by Joan Kent | May 11, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
Sleep difficulties can take several different forms. Let”™s look at one. If you have trouble falling asleep at night, one easy solution is to eat a small portion of carbohydrate, preferably starch, about an hour or so before bed. Starch examples include quinoa,...
by Joan Kent | Apr 6, 2015 | Health and Wellness
The Natural Eating Cycle is simple and straightforward: We feel hungry. We eat in response. The hunger stops. We stop eating and lose interest in food. We could visualize those 4 steps as a circle because they form a continual, ongoing process. Eating that natural way...
by Joan Kent | Oct 6, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
I'm not kidding. On the first day of Registered Dietitian School, I think every RD student must be taught to recommend the Registered Dietitian Breakfast: orange juice, yogurt and granola, often with berries. I wish I could tell you this is a joke, but over many...
by Joan Kent | Aug 11, 2014 | Best Practices, Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
It”™s dinnertime, and I”™m flying home to San Francisco from a Houston business trip. The flight attendant is bringing around the service cart and I”™m about to order … milk. I never drink milk, so why now? Let”™s go back to how the day started. Fortunately, I had...
by Joan Kent | Aug 4, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
Stage races span the duration spectrum. Shorter stage races that are done over a weekend might feature a time trial and road race on Day 1, for example, then a criterium on Day 2. These points on fueling for stage races are culled from several sources — cycling books,...